8 ENUMEEATiON OF [AfionacecE. 



7. a. Walkeri, H.f. et T., 1. c. p. 109, 



I have never been so fortunate as to meet with this species, so can add nothing to 

 the description given of it by the authors of the ' Flora Indica,' Nor can I tell, 

 without an examination of specimens, to which section of this genus it is to be 

 referred* 



4. OROPHEA, Blume, 



1. O- aSleylanica, H.f, ^t T., Lc. p. 111.— C.P. 2406. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 2000 to 3000 feet. 



Flores virides, fuscescentes. 



2- O- coriacea, Thw. (c.p. 2612) ; foliis valde coriaceis, ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis, subaeutis, basi rotundatis, breYi-;petiolati3 ; pedunc^tUs um&ov\% ; 

 staminihus 9 (6 exterioribus 3 interionbus), ovarium solitarium ob- 

 longum 2-ovulatum cingentibus. 



Hab, Dimboola and Kaxawa, in tbe Central Province, at an elevation 

 of about 3000 feet, April, 1852. 



Arbor mediocris, Hamuli rigidi, nigricantes. Folia intense viridia, 2-5 poD. 

 longa, 1-2^ poll, lata, costa proininenti, nervis inconspicuis. Fetioli vix 2 lin. 

 longi. FeduncuU circiter \ poll, longi, basin versus 3-4 bracteis parvis strigosis 

 muuiti. Flores parvl, 4 lin. in cxp. Sepala minuta, deltoidea, ciliata. Fefala 

 exteriora rotiindata, obscure acuminata, externe purpurea, interne ochraceo- 

 rufesccntiaj intetiora purpurea, in mitram obtusam 1-J- lin. altam coalita. Ovula 

 superposita. Carpella subsessilia, subglobosa, obliqua, 1-2-spernia. 



3. O.? obliqua, H.f. et T., 1. c. p. 112. — C.P. 2703 ; fiorihus termi- 

 nalibus caidinisque fascicidatis ; statmnibus 6, seriebus duabus, ovaria 

 3, 2-ovulata, stigmate depresso coronata, cingentibus ; toro piano ; car- 

 pellis sessilibus, globosis, l-2-spermi8. 



Hab. In the Galle and Hatnapoora Districts, at no great elevation. 



Arbor mediocris. Flores purpurei, parvi. Sepala minuta, ciliata. Petala 6, 

 suba;qualia, carnosa, exteriora aperta, interiora convergeiitia, imbricata v, subvalvata. 

 Carpella semipollicaria, rufescentia. 



This somewhat departs from the character of 'Orophea in the sepals and petals 

 being frequently (not always) imbricated, as in Sageraa, but it is too closely allied 

 to the previous species to be separated generically from it. It would seem to point 

 out, however, that Sagerma and Orophea should be arranged in juxtaposition. 



5. MITREPHORA, Blume. 



1, M. Heyneana^ (Orophea Seyneana, H.f. et T., I.e. p. 110, cum 



syn.) — c.p. 1033. 



Hab. Haragam and other places on the Lower Badulla Road from 

 Kandy, up to an elevation of 1500 feet. 



Arbor mediocris. FeduncuU 1-3-flori, Fetala lutea, ifiieriora rubro-maculata. 



The authors of the ' Flora Indica' must have had imperfect specimens of the 

 flower of this plant for examination, for in all that I have dissected 1 have found 

 the stamens far more numerous than they have described. Is the Courtalam plant 

 distinct from the Ceylon onePf 



* The sepals appear to be persistent, but the specimens being in fruit only, I 

 Quot determine whether it should be referred to section 1 or 2. — J*. _D. H, 

 f We have no flowering specimens of the Ceylon plant. — /. D. H. 



